Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “droolier” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
droolier	9	3	607	(None)
droopier	11	4	557	1	droopier
broodier	11	5	743	2	broodier
broomier	12	3	687	2	broomier
dhoolies	12	4	696	2	dhoolies
doolie	7	39	1683	2	d_oolie_
doolies	8	39	2071	2	d_oolies
doomier	10	36	1012	2	d_oomier
drawlier	12	22	525	2	drawlier
droller	8	41	1028	2	dr_oller
drooled	9	36	920	2	drool_ed
drooliest	10	3	634	2	drooliest
drooling	10	26	1042	2	drooling
drossier	9	5	632	2	drossier
drowsier	12	8	491	2	drowsier
drumlier	11	3	452	2	drumlier
groovier	12	3	379	2	groovier
growlier	12	3	488	2	growlier
roilier	7	3	1152	2	_roilier
rookier	11	40	1238	2	_rookier
roomier	9	38	1224	2	_roomier
rootier	7	49	1539	2	_rootier
woolier	10	36	1235	2	_woolier

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.783	32000.8
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.173	42820.8